一本伟大的书是那种让你改变的书，它给你带来对生活的新视角和对人类状况的更深理解。

The writer’s loyalty must be to literature, not to ideology.

"The novel is a mirror that reflects the complexities of human existence."

我写作是为了理解我所想的。

Art always has to resist something. If it no longer resists, it is no longer art.

我们要做长期主义者，不被短期利益诱惑。

Happiness is brief. It will not stay. God batters at its sails.

理性的公共使用是弥合道德与政治之间鸿沟的唯一途径。